Brass Ring

A Buff Cochin rooster with abundant fluffy golden-buff plumage and feathered feet in a bottle-green knitted jumper and a tartan scarf, standing on fallen leaves beside a small vintage carousel in a Buenos Aires park on a bright winter afternoon, a fluffy buff chick in a red knitted scarf perched on a painted wooden carousel horse, a brass ring hanging on a cord from the striped canopy and bare plane trees behind

One More Turn

Whoever catches the ring rides again, and the boy has caught it three times running. His father waits by the painted horses in his good winter jumper, noting how much lower the ring is held each time round.

16 August 2026